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brooklynite

(93,876 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 01:22 PM Jun 2020

Wisconsin Gym Posts Offensive 'I CAN'T BREATHE' Workout

TMZ

A Wisconsin gym is catching major heat over posting a workout titled "I Can't Breathe" ... and now, the fitness center's owner tells TMZ Sports she's "deeply" sorry for the offensive sign.

Here's the deal ... Jen Dunnington, co-owner of Anytime Fitness in Wauwatosa, WI, says one of her trainers attempted to "honor" George Floyd by posting a workout for members this week.

She says the group of exercises was meant to "be a workout so hard that we felt what he felt" ... but when people in the community viewed the whiteboard for the workout, it was immediately hit with backlash.

Hundreds of people commented on the sign -- which featured the words "I Can't Breathe" and "don't you dare lay down" with a drawing of a kneeling person -- calling it inappropriate and appalling.

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Wisconsin Gym Posts Offensive 'I CAN'T BREATHE' Workout (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2020 OP
Are they insane? PatSeg Jun 2020 #1
What the actual F? lettucebe Jun 2020 #2
These are the guys who were packed into crowded bars a few weeks ago captain queeg Jun 2020 #3

captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
3. These are the guys who were packed into crowded bars a few weeks ago
Thu Jun 11, 2020, 02:41 PM
Jun 2020

I suspect some of them will be having trouble breathing soon. The ones who are asymptomatic will be caravanning down to OK for the Nazi rally.

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